I was in the running for a new Android phone, and I was quite dead set on getting a Nexus 4 - however, there was another phone in the running: the OPPO Find 5, a smrtphone with lots of positive reviews, but from a small manufacturer. The point that made me choose the Find 5 over the Nexus 4? OPPO actively supports the ROM community by giving away free phones, and boasts support for CyanogenMod, Paranoid Android, and an AOSP ROM, and obviously, rooting is easy. OPPO also updates its own firmware/ROM twice per month with new features, which is a far cry from the big boys. If you're looking for a new Android phone, you might want to consider looking beyond the established players as well, and support a company who works closely with the community - something the big player still need to learn properly. Once the device arrives on my doorstep, I'll be sure to tell you all about it, and if it lives up to the hype. It is, after all, from a relatively unknown company, so I am taking a risk here. I am a little bit nervous. But hey, if none of us takes the risk, we'll be stuck with the big players forever.

So in 1 or 2 years time when the battery dies you either throw it away or give it a burial in the garden. There is no excuse these days for any company to make throw away products, except greed of course.

Most of the time, the battery is still replacable, just a bit more difficult. There are other things they can do to extend the life of internal batteries(not charging or charging fully). Batteries aren't what they used to be. If they can put enough battery in it to last me over a day I would be happy.

So in 1 or 2 years time when the battery dies you either throw it away or give it a burial in the garden.

If the battery dies that fast on you I'd say the problem lies with you, not the battery. I bought my Galaxy Note as used, it's still using the original battery the previous owner got it with, and it's still working fine and I have had no reason whatsoever to even contemplate getting a new one.

So in 1 or 2 years time when the battery dies you either throw it away or give it a burial in the garden. There is no excuse these days for any company to make throw away products, except greed of course.

Modern lithium polymer batteries will handle 1200-1500 cycles of 50% discharge. This is 4-5 years of normal use. You can virtually guarantee that the rest of the hone will also be in poor condition by this stage.

I'm not too concerned about the battery life either, if it lasts two years that's good enough for me - in two years' time I'm sure something newer and shinier will come along and I'll be itching to update my phone anyway. As will be most people on this site, I'll bet! As for the issue of waste - where I live at least we have ways of recycling a phone in responsible manner so I don't have to feel too guilty.